NE Kentucky News

The majority of students in Carter County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Of the 4,549 students attending Carter County schools, 96.6% were white. Hispanic or Latino students were the second most represented ethnicity, making up 1.8%.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Carter County schools, representing 96% of the student body.

Carter Virtual Academy had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 100% white students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in schools in the county increased by 1.7% compared to the previous year.

Despite escaping some of the pandemic's educational disruptions, Kentucky's achievement gaps have remained an issue since 2019. In the eighth-grade reading assessments, for example, Hispanic students scored eight points lower than their white peers, and the gap reached 15 points in math. Black students fared even worse, falling more than 20 points behind and facing a failure rate nearly double that of their white counterparts.

School	Most Prevalent	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
East Carter County High School	White	96.7%	762
Prichard Elementary School	White	93.3%	655
West Carter County High School	White	97.8%	596
East Carter Middle School	White	96.7%	579
West Carter Middle School	White	97.9%	474
Olive Hill Elementary School	White	96.9%	454
Tygart Creek Elementary School	White	95.7%	419
Heritage Elementary School	White	98.3%	350
Carter City Elementary School	White	95.2%	126
Star Elementary School	White	99.2%	121
Carter Virtual Academy	White	100%	13